Society & Culture - 31 August 2007

This is not a joke.

2007-08-31 19:28:27 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

are too hard. What are your recent sins? Mine are, swearing, judging, anger, do not go to church, do not read the bible, I do not tithe as much as I should, I have unforgivness isssues, with a few people. I find it sooooo difficult be be obeidient to God. Do you? Do you find it hard to be a christian. This is painful. As I am human. I do not want a sermon from so called preachers and I do not want you to quote any scriptures, I just want to know if you too are finding christianity painful

2007-08-31 19:25:30 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

What are some things I can do to make sure my life will be easier on my own. I am 20, am graduating with a bachelors in Accounting. I have exact 1 year left for graduation. I live in N.Y.

2007-08-31 19:22:52 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Royalty

There are many openly gay men in Thailand, and it's generally not criticized, but it's not respected either. In media, the homosexuals get roles as comic relief, but hardly anything serious.
Thailand is 94% Buddhist; is there something in Buddhism that puts gays at a lower class?

2007-08-31 19:22:17 · 8 answers · asked by confused 2 in Religion & Spirituality

is there any advice anyone who has had this precedjure can give me that would ease some of the really heavy pain Im having other than pain medicine, I have visited the dentist and it is healing fine, no infection I just want some advice for anything that made you feel better.
Just a side note its been exactly a week sence the surguery.
also, does anyone else have those little plastic syringes that your supposed to literally stick in the painful hole and shoot out water or whatever?
Is it neccesary because it hurts!!! are there any easier ways to clean it out?

2007-08-31 19:20:28 · 18 answers · asked by Janey 4 in Religion & Spirituality

As an atheist I have a question for christians.

When a christian hears God telling them to kill their kids, how do they know if they are "chosen" like Abraham, or nuts like Andrea Yates?

It seems that if Andrea Yates was an atheist she would have known she was crazy when she heard the voices, and would have gotten some help instead of thinking she was "chosen" and killed her kids.

2007-08-31 19:19:41 · 29 answers · asked by gadfly 5 in Religion & Spirituality

....Just walked up to my apartment, knocked on my door, and asked me for gas money. I live in a gated community on the second floor.

What the heck?

2007-08-31 19:18:04 · 13 answers · asked by Helen Scott 7 in Etiquette

Is it global warming? Religious fanatics in partiular muslims,maybe illelgal alliens? Or some other threat to our way of life?

2007-08-31 19:18:01 · 30 answers · asked by goodlil666 1 in Religion & Spirituality

Pope says evolution can't be proven:
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20070411/pope_evolution_070411/20070411?hub=SciTech

If the Pope is always right then saying that evolution isn't completely proven means that creationism is the only other logical alternative. If this isn't unbiased proof I don't know what is. :P

2007-08-31 19:16:19 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-08-31 19:10:29 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-08-31 19:09:02 · 5 answers · asked by skip_holden 2 in Religion & Spirituality

So she is my japanese language teacher, 27 y.o. woman...
I'm 18 and she always helps me through... she is different with me when compared with the other students, she stays after class so i can take the international exam at the end of the year... and is always very kind to me... so i want to give her something (the teacher's day is soon i think, and if not something for the end of the year...)

Nothing too personal, nothing too impersonal...

I have discarded some things like flowers, chocolate, or certificates... i was thinking in a book, could you recomend one? any other thing?

btw i live in argentina so there are some things that you can't get here like those certificates...

Please?

2007-08-31 19:04:53 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Etiquette

for religious intolerance because they will not let me own a slave even though God permits it?

2007-08-31 19:04:21 · 4 answers · asked by ML 2 in Religion & Spirituality

According to Islam, the righteous people from the Jews and Christians will have their Great Reward from Allah Almighty and will enter Paradise. Let us look at the following Noble Verses:

"And there are, certainly, among the People of the Book [Jews and Christians], those who believe in God, in the revelation to you, and in the revelation to them, bowing in humility to God: They will not sell the Signs of God for a miserable gain! For them is a reward with their Lord, and God is swift in account. (The Noble Quran, 3:199)"

"Not all of them are alike: Of the People of the Book [Jews and Christians] are a portion that stand (For the right): They rehearse the Signs of God all night long, and they prostrate themselves in adoration. They believe in God and the Last Day; they enjoin what is right, and forbid what is wrong; and they hasten (in emulation) in (all) good works: They are in the ranks of the righteous. (The Noble Quran, 3:113-114)"

2007-08-31 19:04:18 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

If a married woman get's involved with another woman, the married woman is called BI, If a married man gets involved with another man, he is gay. I think they are both discusting and gross, why are there two different standards?

2007-08-31 18:58:59 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

What I mean by this is was Jesus really the son of God. There have been documents found that say that Jesus admitted that he was not the son of God. Maybe people misinterpretted what he was saying? Can anyone help me answer this quesion?

2007-08-31 18:58:18 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

day after day trying to convince believers that there is nothing to believe in?

After all, worst case scenario, what would we be GAINING by giving up our beliefs?

As it stands now I have a hope of Heaven & meeting the God who loved me enough to give His only Son to die for me & forgive me of my sins.

Why would you waste your precious time trying so hard to convince people they are dumb to believe in God when it doesn't affect you for us TO believe?

2007-08-31 18:57:05 · 16 answers · asked by Pamela 5 in Religion & Spirituality

why is it unfair?

2007-08-31 18:56:33 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

Can anyone suggest me as to what should i do to find justice, i purchases a sliipper worth of 749rs on 11/8/07 from a bata show room but as i started useing the slippers i found some black marks on it and cracks here and there i tried wiping the marks but the colour itself changed, so i though of going and complaining about the same i went on 20th and told my problem to the manger but the manger spoke rudely and told its not there defect ultimately after a long arguement he told to leave the slippers and come back aft a week when i went after a week he is tlng he will give me another slipper worth of 75% of the amount of my slippers that allmost he is charging 200rs for a using the slippers for 10days, he speaks very rudely and harsh iam feeling very bad for it i do know how could i find justice so can anyone help me out please

2007-08-31 18:56:16 · 7 answers · asked by arpitha u 1 in Etiquette

What is the difference between a Born Again Christian and a Christian? Thanks

2007-08-31 18:54:30 · 13 answers · asked by Melissa♥ 6 in Religion & Spirituality

Why did "god" save Abraham's SON, but allow the daughter in Judges chapter 11 to be sacrificed?
(THIS IS A SECOND POSTING BECAUSE NO ONE ANSWERED THE FIRST)
We know that the Christian God was "pleased" with blood offerings and needed blood to wash sins...the blood of christ.
But why is it the christian cult god wanted the blood of the girl in Judges?

2007-08-31 18:53:01 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

In what ways can sin/evil/Satan attack? Even for the non-believers, I guess you can turn the question to mean, in what ways to BAD people with BAD intentions attack?

Let's face it, this society today is warped and sick, and there are many negative people with negative agendas.

But now onto the believers and the real question. I'm convinced that fallen people or people who don't believe in God, will have a MUCH easier time doing corrupt things, and won't care of the reprecussions. Today's society makes it EASY not to believe in God anyways. It's virtually a godless society.

Does satan use other people and places, even things/symbols, to throw off the believers, and confuse them, and try to make them fall?

Is he out to basically destroy our hope and vision and souls?

What's Satan's ultimate agenda. (for the believers, since the others will make fun of this) Is it to hurt us? Kill us? Hurt us and kill us? Make us bitter, angry, and hopeless? Make us do suicide?

WHAT!

2007-08-31 18:52:08 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Why can't they just have faith and beliefs? Why do you have to attend church? What about a doctrine in your church you don't entirely agree on?

Why can't people beleive what is true to them? Why do people have to gather and have weekly/daily rituals?

Wouldn't the Divine, as parent(s) want what comes from your heart instead of following the crowd?
What is the point of organised religion?

2007-08-31 18:51:20 · 12 answers · asked by Moonlit Hemlock 3 in Religion & Spirituality

1) Christians
-Catholics,
-Eastern Orthodox,
-Protestants.
2) Muslims
3) Jews (Judaism)
4) Satanists
5) Wicca

and which group killed the least?

Please include if there are other religions you have in mind.

2007-08-31 18:50:53 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-08-31 18:50:42 · 4 answers · asked by LBCgal 1 in Languages

Why in the hell are you agreeing and siding with these people-who are are self-righteous, and racially insensitve against all ethnic groups-when you are in fact Asian? Why don't you ask them how they feel about your race? I bet they wouldn't have anymore nice things to say about Asian people, than they do about any other race....And you wouldn't appreciate hearing negative things about YOUR race... Just as much as other people don't like hearing negative thing about their race.

So basically, you are a JOKE. You need to look in the mirror and realize who you really are.... And realize that because people look and act different than you, it doesn't mean there is something wrong with them! THERE IS SOMETHING REALLY WRONG WITH YOU!

2007-08-31 18:48:30 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Cultures & Groups

And are you?

2007-08-31 18:47:26 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-08-31 18:42:32 · 32 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

I am of Welsh and Irish descent. My grandmother was said to have the sight and could tell you almost anything you wanted to know and was almost always right. She passed before I would ask her any questions. I have dreams about stuff and and then it happends. Never anything big, Like I dreamed about my Husband 2 years before we ever meet. I can tell you stuff that it seems I just know like if we are watching a baseball game and the yankees are losing I'll say its ok A-rod will hit one in the 8th and then it happends but not all the time. Itsnot like ok It a-rod of corse he will its like I know that it what is going to happen!! I just wanted to know if there is some where I can learn more about it or if everyone can do it?

2007-08-31 18:42:04 · 11 answers · asked by Katy Lew 5 in Mythology & Folklore

does this surprise you?

Does it bother the other faiths that it's not them?

2007-08-31 18:41:28 · 25 answers · asked by csucdartgirl 7 in Religion & Spirituality